West End & Atlanta Street Railroad
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The West End & Atlanta Street Railroad Company of Atlanta, Georgia
was organized in 1872 by Thomas Alexander
, M. G. Dobbins, B. J. Wilson, Benjamin H. Broomhead, Alvin K. Seago, J. M. Alexander, James Atkins, J. W. Goldsmith, John M. Harwell and Jonathan Norcross
. The horsecar route started downtown and went via West End Avenue and Ashby Street (now Abernathy) to West End
and Westview Cemetery
.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
was organized in 1872 by Thomas Alexander
Thomas Alexander
Thomas Alexander may refer to:*Thomas C. Alexander , American politician*Rev. Thomas Cecil Alexander , founder of the Scouting movement in Malaysia*Thomas G. Alexander , American historian and academic...
, M. G. Dobbins, B. J. Wilson, Benjamin H. Broomhead, Alvin K. Seago, J. M. Alexander, James Atkins, J. W. Goldsmith, John M. Harwell and Jonathan Norcross
Jonathan Norcross
Jonathan Norcross , fourth Mayor of Atlanta, GA. Dubbed the "Father of Atlanta" and "hard fighter of everything." - Henry W. Grady - Personal life :...
. The horsecar route started downtown and went via West End Avenue and Ashby Street (now Abernathy) to West End
West End (Atlanta)
The West End neighborhood of Atlanta is on the National Register of Historic Places and can be found southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City...
and Westview Cemetery
Westview Cemetery
Westview Cemetery, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest cemetery in the South East, comprising over , 50% of which is undeveloped. Westview includes the graves of more than 100,000 people.- History:...
.
See also
- Streetcars in AtlantaStreetcars in AtlantaStreetcars operated in Atlanta starting with horsecars in 1871; electric streetcar service started in the 1880s. The last streetcar service ended in 1949; the streetcar system was quickly replaced by a trolleybus system and with buses...
- Timeline of mass transit in AtlantaTimeline of mass transit in AtlantaTimeline of mass transit in Atlanta:*1871 Richard Peters and George Adair run the first streetcars on the Atlanta Street Railway Company*1872 West End & Atlanta Street Railroad Company formed*1878 Adair sells out to Peters...